She understood that he had a great deal to do, it was asking a lot that he put aside his chores for this. However, winter was setting in fast and there was only so much time before the soil would harden. "I don't intend to plant my fruit seeds until spring, as well as the cotton. I think the wheat is more important."

There was a great deal that she didn't know, but harvests and planting were cultivated skills in her lands. She learned from her grandmother who had run the Reach as though it were still under her control. (Which in a way, it was.)

"There is no better chance. The rains hydrated the soil enough, it should be easy to till and aerate."